New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Science of the Total Environment161
2 Journal of Hazardous Materials149
3 Journal of Cleaner Production143
4 Chemosphere134
5 Energy & Environmental Science126
6 Journal of Environmental Management124
7 Environmental Science & Technology118
8 Water Research112
9 Environmental Research104
10 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
- Environmental Pollution100
12 Environmental Science and Pollution Research98
13 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
14 Environment International88
15 Ecological Indicators86
16 Global Change Biology82
17 Remote Sensing of Environment81
18 Nature Climate Change80
19 Energy Policy78
20 Environmental Chemistry Letters72
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety72
22 Marine Pollution Bulletin62
23 Waste Management58
24 Environmental Research Letters57
25 Journal of Environmental Sciences55
26 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions53
27 Environment Development and Sustainability52
28 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
29 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
- Environmental Health Perspectives50
31 Ecological Economics49
32 Water Resources Research46
- Environmental Science & Policy46
34 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology43
35 Environmental and Experimental Botany41
36 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment40
37 Biological Conservation39
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology39
- Environmental Modelling & Software39
40 Water Air and Soil Pollution37
41 Applied Catalysis A-General36
- Ecological Engineering36
- Atmospheric Environment36
44 Land Degradation & Development34
- Climatic Change34
46 Environmental Earth Sciences33
- Sustainability Science33
48 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology32
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment32
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition32
- Conservation Biology32
52 Geocarto International31
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles31
- Ecological Applications31
- Ambio31
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment31
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability31
- Journal of Industrial Ecology31
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology31
60 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Environmental Health30
- Water Science and Technology30
- Utilities Policy30
- Waste Management & Research30
65 Atmospheric Pollution Research29
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy29
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health29
68 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology28
69 Environmental Toxicology27
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation27
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology27
72 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry26
- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management26
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry26
- Waste and Biomass Valorization26
- Marine Environmental Research26
77 Advances in Climate Change Research25
- Journal of Great Lakes Research25
- Journal of Soils and Sediments25
80 Regional Environmental Change24
- Biodiversity and Conservation24
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology24
83 Journal of Aerosol Science23
84 Water Supply22
- Bioenergy Research22
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management22
- Journal of Mountain Science22
88 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing21
- Environmental Management21
- Environmental Technology21
- International Journal of Biometeorology21
- International Journal of Phytoremediation21
- Journal of Arid Environments21
- Journal of Flood Risk Management21
- Environmental Reviews21
96 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health20
- International Journal of Sediment Research20
- Ecotoxicology20
- Natural Resources Forum20
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy20
- Geomicrobiology Journal20
- Biogeochemistry20
- Chinese Geographical Science20
- Journal of Water and Health20
- Rangeland Ecology & Management20
106 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences19
- Reviews on Environmental Health19
108 Water Environment Research18
- Aerosol and Air Quality Research18
- Journal of Arid Land18
- Journal of Environmental Quality18
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity18
- Ecohydrology18
- Polish Journal of Environmental Studies18
115 Estuaries and Coasts17
- International Journal of Environmental Research17
- Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems17
- Environmental Microbiology Reports17
119 Carbon Balance and Management16
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews16
- Aerosol Science and Technology16
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research16
- Journal of Hydroinformatics16
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association16
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change16
126 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment15
- Journal of Radiological Protection15
- River Research and Applications15
- Food and Environmental Virology15
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology15
- Carbon Management15
132 Vadose Zone Journal14
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment14
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing14
- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering14
- Environmental Engineering Research14
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment14
- Wetlands14
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues14
140 Journal of Coastal Conservation13
- Journal of Environmental Engineering13
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering13
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics13
- Geobiology13
- Chemistry and Ecology13
- Environmental Conservation13
147 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research12
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition12
- Industrial Health12
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine12
- Aquatic Sciences12
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research12
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis12
- Health Physics12
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics12
156 International Journal of Global Warming11
- Ecohealth11
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene11
- Mountain Research and Development11
- Water and Environment Journal11
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes11
162 Wetlands Ecology and Management10
- Ozone-Science & Engineering10
- Radioprotection10
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology10
- Soil & Sediment Contamination10
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society10
- Aerobiologia10
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife10
- Bioremediation Journal10
- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal10
172 African Journal of Range & Forage Science9
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health9
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research9
- Clean-Soil Air Water9
- Climate Research9
- Coastal Management9
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics9
- Polar Record9
- Environmetrics9
- Antarctic Science9
- Applied Ecology and Environmental Research9
- Journal of Paleolimnology9
- Environmental Chemistry9
- Natural Resource Modeling9
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry9
187 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management8
- Arid Land Research and Management8
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics8
- Journal of Coastal Research8
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management8
- Environment8
193 Environmental Forensics7
- Arctic7
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies7
- Physical Geography7
197 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry6
- Grundwasser6
199 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental5
- Journal of Environmental Informatics5
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences5
- Global Nest Journal5
203 Journal of Environmental Science and Management3
- Journal of Elementology3
205 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft2
- Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement2
207 International Journal of Environment and Pollution1
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